Itís smart to buy a car born in the sort of climate we enjoy at home. Volvo and winter, for instance, go together like gin and olives, or Toll House cookies and milk. An engineer from Sweden knows in his bones that, say, cold-weather visibility can be a challenge. Thatís why embedded in our Volvo XC60ís windshield is a nearly invisible grid of wires. Pushing the front-defrost switch once sends current through this wiring, to melt ice and condensation without diverting heat from the cabin. If...

Backed by allied Shiite, Sunni and Iranian fighters, Iraqi security forces launched a large-scale military operation Monday to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State extremist group, a major step in a campaign to reclaim...

ISIS threatened Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, saying that Twitter’s constant deleting of ISIS-linked accounts is cause for retribution. An online message to Dorsey said, "You started this failed war. We told you from the beginning it's not...